📊 Form Guide

Melbourne City

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Melbourne City will be looking for a repeat result of a 2-0 A-League success vs Western United.

In that match, Melbourne City managed 48% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 6 on target. For Melbourne City, the scorers were Harry Politidis (32') and Benjamin Mazzeo (59'). Western United had 7 attempts on goal with 2 on target.

Melbourne City haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, finding the back of the net in one hundred percent of their last 6 matches.

They’ve claimed a sum of 11 during that period and have conceded a total of 5. We will see if that trend will end up being sustained in this game.

Going into this encounter, Melbourne City are unbeaten in their last 3 home league matches.

Brisbane Roar

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Since a losing effort in their last game against Newcastle United Jets in A-League competition, Brisbane Roar and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, Brisbane Roar managed 55% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Newcastle United Jets had 10 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Lachlan Rose (74') was the scorer for Newcastle United Jets.

The numbers tell their own story, and Brisbane Roar have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 15 goals overall. At the back, Brisbane Roar seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly.

Pre-game facts show that Brisbane Roar:

• have not registered a win against Melbourne City when they have played them away from home in the previous 17 matches in the league. A shocking away run it has been.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 6 league games.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their prior head-to-head meetings stretching back to 14/10/2022 tells us that Melbourne City have won 4 of these & Brisbane Roar 1, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 1.

Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 25 overall which averages out at 4.17 goals per meeting.

The previous league clash featuring the two was A-League match day 7 on 06/12/2024 when it ended Brisbane Roar 1-4 Melbourne City.

In that match, Brisbane Roar managed 50% possession and 15 shots on goal with 4 on target. Their only player to score was Jay O'Shea (77').

For their opponents, Melbourne City got 10 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Andreas Kuen (1'), Yonatan Cohen (18', 70') and Steven Ugarković (82') scored.

The referee was Sam Kelly.

📋 Team News: Melbourne City

Max Caputo (Leg injury), Mathew Leckie (Hamstring injury), James Jeggo (Sore muscles), Marco Tilio (Hamstring injury), Alessandro Lopane (Knee injury), Andreas Kuen (Hamstring injury), Yonatan Cohen (Collateral ligament injury), Jayden Necovski (Cruciate ligament tear) and Andrew Nabbout (Cruciate ligament tear) will not be taking part for Melbourne City boss Aurelio Vidmar.

📰 Team News: Brisbane Roar

From a largely full-strength group of players, there is just the lone fitness issue for the Brisbane Roar manager Ruben Zadkovich to be concerned about. Ben Warland (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be playing here.

💭 Prediction

It’s likely that Brisbane Roar will do well to find the net against a Melbourne City lineup who have the capability to dominate this match.

We are anticipating a convincing 3-0 winning margin for Melbourne City at the end of the game.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 05:02 11/01/2025